Assignment Task:
Review Module: Examine the Interrelations of the Institutions of the US Government, Chapter 10, 11, 12, and 13
Chapter Ten:
Question 1: Identify the makeup of the Senate and the House of Representatives (e.g. number of members, geographical ties, length of term, term limits, formal eligibility requirements, etc.).
Question 2: Identify the current U.S. Representatives and U.S. Senators for the State of Oklahoma.
Question 3: Identify the structural components of Congress including powers unique to each chamber (e.g. initiation of budget bills, impeachment/removal proceedings, filibuster/hold/cloture), the leadership structure and responsibilities of each (e.g. Speaker, Majority/Minority Leaders, Majority/Minority Whips, President of the Senate, Senate Pro Tempore, etc.), and committees.
Question 4: Describe the legislative process whereby a bill becomes a law (including the role of leadership, committees, filibuster, and veto/override).
Chapter Eleven:
Question 5: Identify the formal and informal requirements to run for President.
Question 6: Define the powers of the president as it pertains to facilitating the executive branch, such as Commander-in-Chief, Chief Diplomat, Chief Executive, Chief of State, and Chief Legislator.
Question 7: Describe executive privilege and its limitations. Consider unitary executive theory and imperial presidency.
Question 8: Define presidential actions include executive orders, signing statements, executive agreements, and treaties.
Question 9: Identify the most prominent members of the President's support team including the Vice President, Cabinet Members, Executive Office of the President, and the First Spouse.
Chapter Twelve:
Question 10: Identify the Spoils System and the subsequent Pendleton Civil Service Act (1883).
Question 11: Identify the Bureaucratic Model and bureaucratic problems (pathologies).
Question 12: Understand rulemaking (process) and implementation. Identify the Federal Register.
Question 13: Discuss ways to reform bureaucracies including privatization/contracting, the Freedom of Information Act, and efficiency strategies.
Chapter Thirteen:
Question 14: Identify the structure of federal and state courts.
Question 15: Define judicial review.
Question 16: Differentiate judicial activism from judicial restraint.
Question 17: Define the major types of law-e.g. criminal, constitutional, common (stare decisis/precedent), and special.
Question 18: Identify the basic steps the Supreme Court takes in accepting cases (the Rule of Four) and in reaching a decision.
Question 19: Identify the types of opinions issued by the court such as majority, concurring, and dissenting.
Question 20: Discuss seminal U.S. Supreme Court cases and their impact.